Cleveland Law Library Weblog

New Changes to Federal Criminal and Bankruptcy Rules Coming 12/1/12

According to a press release from our local federal district court, "the U.S. Supreme Court has approved and transmitted to Congress amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure that will take effect on December 1, 2012 unless Congress takes action to reject, modify or defer them." Changes to the Federal Criminal Rules include:

• Criminal Rule 5 (specifies the place of the initial
  appearance for a defendant extradited to the U.S.)
• Criminal Rule 15 (authorizes the taking of
  depositions outside of the U.S. without the defendant being present in limited
  circumstances)
• Criminal Rule 37 (new rule articulating procedures
  for obtaining an indicative ruling)

Click here for information on these changes and changes to the Bankruptcy Rules.

ALI-ABA CLE Products will now be separately published by the ABA and ALI

If you have not already heard the news, the American Law Institute and the American Bar Association have dissolved ALI-ABA. This entity was created in 1947 and jointly published many CLE programs and materials. Both entities will continue to provide CLE materials, only separately in the future. For more information on the split, please review the ALI-ABA press release. Our law library has purchased ALI-ABA CLE products for many years so we will be evaluating the new products both entities will be publishing to ensure that we continue to supply our members with valuable CLE materials.